Fashioning indices and method of knitting the same



.l lf; laf ll esta I instan entrant 'Flei WILlLLf-kld S. FARUE'JEL AND JOSEH ITESPERSON, OF RGCKFORD, ILLJNOIS, ASSIGNORS T0 BURSON EKNTTING COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOllS, A CORPORATION 03F ILLINGS.

FASHIQNING INDCES faND METHOD Oli KNTTING TEE SAME.

application ma .nine 17,' raar. anni iro, Masas.

. ing is knit to shape and is'fashioned in the knitting by bringing additional needles into action according to the particular design, thereby produclng a fashioned seamless stocking as distinguished from that class 1n which a dat fabric is knit to shape and the edges united in'a seam Aextendin the full length of the stocking. The wi ening at the backlof a fashioned seamless stocking all has somewhat the appearance of a knit seam,

i this effect being produced by bringin the additional needles into action as the fas iloning or widening progresses: This 'effect 1s not very pronounced, and in fact., 1s often unnoticed by the purchasing public, s o that in scrneinstances purchasers assume or are led. to believe that stockings knit in this manner are not fashioned.

One of the objects of our invention 1s to overcome this erroneous impression and to produce a novel fashioned seamless stocking by incorporating in thefabrlc what we have termed fashioning indices. These fashioning indices are arranged in a series paralleling eachr side of the 'widening and produce in combination therewith a fullfashioned effect having a distinctly different appearance from, and more pronounced and desirable than, 'the usual widening or lfashioning, without the objectionable heavy seam common to the lint knit fabric stocking inentioned above.

While our invention contemplates in its broadest sense the production of these fashioning indices in a fashioned seamless'articie in any suitable design or arrangement, or by any suitable knitting process, nevertireless, we have devised and. our invention contemplates as an object, a preferred method of knitting said fashioning indices,

as will be explained more fully hereinafter. A@ther objects and attendant advantages will be appreciated by those skilled in this art as the invention becomes better understood byv reference to the following description when considered in connection with vthe accompanying drawings, in whichvFigure 1 is a rear view of a fashioned seamless stocking embodying our-invention,

l the fashioningindices being represented diagrammatically; and

Fig. 2, an enlarged detail of a preferred forni of fashioning index.4

In the present instance, we have taken as an example illustrating our invention, a fashioned seamless fabric in the form of a ladys stocking. The seamless fabric 3 is knit on a straight-bed knitting machine and the fashioning is produced in the usual well known manner by the addition of needles at the widening, extending in the example shown, between the points indicated by reference characters 4 and 5.

Our invention contemplates provision of a series or row of fashionin indices in juxtaposition to each side of t e widening, and preferably following the angle thereof and located at suitably spaced intervals to give the desired effect. Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2, showing in enlarged detail the knitted fabric constituting a fashioning index, it will be observed that this is formed as follows: One of the needles in a given coursev is held back during the usual course of knitting,'thereby holding the yarn or loop on the needle. This needle is held during two or more courses of knitting, and then brought into action, sothat a relatively long loop is produced. In the l example shown, a group of adjoining courses are indicated by numerals 6 to 11 inclusive in successive order of knitting, thefabric in this instance beingknit to the left as indicated by the arrow. The knitting is regular up to the courses 6 and 7. At the next" course 8 the needle knittin the loops 12 Iwill be held back out of action so that the yarn will simply traverse the needle space for the loop 12, causing a slack of yarn 13 at this gap. .The said needle will be held out during the knitting pf oourses9 and l0, producing additional s in said gap. Upon the next course of knitting, the needle which was held out will be ack yarns 14 and 15 .the fasliioning will he held retinined to action and the loop 16 ot course 7 will be taken up by the yarn 11, thereby resuming the regular knitting.

Asa result of this novel method of knitting, the/knitted ia-bric will be slightly drawn or puckered by reason ot the relatively large gap that must be traversed by the loop 1G which is under the same tension a'S 'the regular loop. A desirable ei'lect may bev'produced by simply holding' the needle out-of action for two courses. although a more effective and symmetrical index is produced by holding the. needle out vfor three courses. After knitting a tashioning index in this manner, the linittinglr is continued in the regular manner and snhseipicntly 'another needle which has heen brought into out to produce another fashioning' index. ln thev present instance, every fourth needle substantially throughout the length of the widening will be held out at a given point with the result that a series ot' fashioningl indices will be produced at each side oi the Widening as indicated by the h\avy dots 1T in Fie'. l. It will be further observed thatl cach 'fashl` ioning` index is located a uniform distance from the line ot' widening' (indicated by re't'- erence numerals elfo) and composed ot a structural variation in a plurality of snc cessive courses in a given Wale separated by a plurality of intermediate wales of plain, regular knitting'. These tashioning indices effect without the objectionable heavy seam common to other forms of knitting.

It is believed that the foregoing conveya a eiear understanding oi lthe objects pret-l aeed above, and While we have illustrated but a single working embodiment et our invention` it should be understood that considerable change might be made in the de-` tail and the torni and arraagement` ot .the fashioninn' indices without departing 'from the spirit and scope oi' the invention as cxpresscd in the apiicnded claims. .in Which- AWe claim:

l. A seamless stocking fashioned h v uidening. havingY lashioning indices at each side oi' the line oi widening. \ach taehioningg' iudcx being located a uniiorn.- distance from said -line ol' widening1 and composed' ein structural variation in a plurality ot sucvcessivecoursesin a given Wale separated bj.' a plurality otl intermediate wales oi: plain, regular luiittingg.

2. The method ol' knitting fashioning dices in a scainlesa stocking fashioned hy widening', consisting' in holding out ot action for ontl or more successive courses during' the knitting? of the widened portion` one needle at each side oi and a. unil'orin distance from the line ot \\'idenin;T and sepa rated by a plurality oi" intermediate wales ot' plain, regular knitting'` whereby to prin duce a` row of finishingindices parallelingg each side of the line ot widening;

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are so co-ordinated 'with the Widening as to accentuate the same and to plainly and distinctly set out the fashioning or Widening WILLIAM S. PARKER. JOSEPH JESPERSON. 

